Automobile dash lamp



Dec. 20, 1927. 1,653,418 I. SORGIUS AUTOMOBILE DASH LAMP Filed March 23, 1927 Qwuentoz [saaq Soryiu s Patented Dec. 20, 1927. V

UNITED STATES ISAAC SORGIU'S, OF INDIAN'AIOLIS, INDIANA.

ATOMOBILE DASH I4AJEI.

Appleation fi1ed March 28, 1927. Serial No. 177,739.

My present nvention relates to a light shield or hood for a lamp adapted to be mounted on the instrument board of an automobile or illuminating the varous instrumentalites thereon and it s an object of the invention to provide a hood or shield having a pivotally mounted portion capable of being swung from a normalsubstantially horizontal position for screening the light from the eyes of the drverupwardly so that the front portion of the automobile may be illumi'nated.

Referring to the accompanyng drawng, which is made a pari: hereof and on Which similar reference charaeters indicate similar parte:

Figure 1 is a. side elevation illustrating one application of my invention.

Figure 2 a similar view With the hood orlight shielcl raised, end

Figure 3 a vieW of the inventon taken at rght angles to Figure 2.

In the drawings, reference character 10 indicates the instrument board of an auto- 2 mobile having an ammeter 11 and other instruments (not shown) thereon adapted to be illuminated by an eleetrie lamp 12 supported in a lamp sooket 13. The above parts are all of conventional construction and constitute no part of my invention. In order to shielcl the eyes of the operator of the vehiole from the blinding glare of the lamp 12 which would prevent a clear vision of the roaclway, a detachable sheld or hood instance comprises a base ring or support 14 to Which is hinged at 15 a substantally cupshaped hood or shield 16. The hood or shield 16 s adapted to be held in a substantially horizontal position as shown in Figure 1 for confining the light supplied by the lamp 12 and for causing it to shine downwardly on the instrument board, or it mztybe raised to permit the light to shine unobstructed over the front part of the car. The support or base ring 14 is preferably provided with an nwardly offset flange 17 for maintaining the hood or screen in proper position when it is in the position for confining the light, as shown in Figure 1.

It Will be obvious to those skilled in the is preferably provided end in the presentart that variouschanges may be made in my devce without departing from the spirt of my invention, and I, therefore, do not limt myself to What is shown in'the drawngs and deScrbed in the speofication, but only as set forth in the appended claims.

Havng thus desoribed my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent s:

1. Adevice of the class described, comprismg a pair of pivotally connected sectons, one of said seotons having a cutout portion forming with the side of the other section a slot, and an oflset flange formed on one of the sections for supporting the other sectionin a predet'ermined position, substantially as set forth.

2. A lamp for a dash light comprising a supporting frame, a lamp, said frame being adapted to frctionally engage said lamp, a

hood or deflector hinged to said supporting frame and adapted. to cover the lamp, said hood, having a out out portion in its lower sde and forming with the side of the other seeton When supported in its normal position on the dash a slot through which light s adapted to be deflected downwardly, said hoodbeing adapted to be moved out of a position for shielding the lamp, whereby the light is permtted to shine freely from the lamp, substantially as Set forth.

3. The combination with an automobile dash of a lamp socket for reoeiving an electric lamp, a supporting ring for frctionaflly engaging the lamp sOcket but' permitting the light to shine laterally unobstructed, and a hood member pivoted to said supprting Ii1eans behind the light-shdding portion of the lamp end swingable from a light-confining postion over the lamp to a position to permit light to shine freefly on 2111 sides, sad hood member having a out-out portion forming with the side of the supporting ring a slot through whioh light may shine, substantally es set forth,

In wtness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana this 19th day of March, A. D. nineteen hundred end twenty-seven. 7

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